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| American Revolution | A war between Britain and the colonists in the late 1700s which ended in American freedom. |
| 2nd Continental Congress | Formed the Continental Army and wrote the Olive Branch Petition |
| Olive Branch Petition | Sent to the King as a last chance at peace |
| Continental Army | Army of colonists led by George Washington |
| Green Mountain Boys | Colonists from Vermount, led by Ethan Allen |
| Bunker Hill | First major battle of the American Revolution |
| Common Sense | pamphlet wriiten by Thomas Paine |
| Declaration of Independance | Historic document written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Boston Tea Party | Act of the colonists in which tea was thrown overboard |
| Intolerable Acts | Established to get back at the colonists |
| Democracy | government run by the people |
| Boston Massacre | Shot was fired into a crowd, 5 lay dead |
| Stamp Act | Tax on all legal documents |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Written to keep the colonists from going west |
| Daughters of Liberty | Group of women who made tea out of rasberry leaves |
| Sons of Liberty | Wouldn't let British ships into Boston Harbor |
| Blockade | Blocked ships coming in or out of the harbor |
| Basic Rights | first section of the Declaration of Independance |
| Townshend Acts | tax on tea, glass, paper, and lead |
| Sugar Act | tax on molassas |
